Cathy's Art Diary

Beautiful exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in collaboration with Beers London of new work by Nigerian born Deborah Segun. These were smooth pastel coloured works, part figurative and part abstract, where bodies morphed into landscape. I loved their decorative quality. I liked how the artist talked about painting from a place of joy in the accompanying video as they certainly gave me a sense of calm. Closed 2 February 2025    

Strange exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in collaboration with Beers London of new work by Danish/African artist Jack Kabang. I’m afraid I found this work quite ugly. It seems quite repetitive and felt crudely, if expressively painted. The blurb says it “is meant to speak to inexpressible desires and primordial human emotions”. I’m not sure it speaks to mine or maybe I don’t have any. Closed 2 February 2025  

Confusing exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery of work by Korean artist Hyangmok Baik and Nigerian Adébayo Bolaji presented by Beers Gallery. Both artists had produced work based on memory, fantasy and emotion but I must admit I’d have liked a bit more explanation and labelling of which artists work was which, particularly with the two sculptures, as it was hard to guess. I liked a picture of a blue man/angel with a cat and four canvases of a series birds on branches against   different coloured backgrounds which had a feel of Van Gogh Cherry Blossom. I’m guessing they were both Baik but who knows. Closed 25 January 2023